122 Mr. F. P. Dodd’s Notes upon some remarkable 
them and observed that after several days the cocoons had 
dropped off. The parasites appeared in the perfect state 
on the eighth day, the first caterpillar dying two days, the 
second five days and the third eight days after the appear- 
ance of their respective parasites. The third caterpillar 
seemed dead on the seventh day, but movements were 
noticeable in the claspers during this and well into the 
eighth day. 
It will be noticed that this and the two preceding 
species of caterpillars must be stung when they are exceed- 
ingly small, for they are all only about the size of healthy 
eight- or nine-days-old larvee. 
I had another species of these flies from a common 
noctuid (Achxa sp.). The larva came out under the twelfth 
or thirteenth segment and affixed its cocoon to the twig, the 
caterpillar’s tail being raised to accommodate it and pressing 
on and partly around it. In this position the caterpillar 
remained, though not fastened to the case in any way, it 
died on the third or fourth day after the appearance of the 
Hymenopterous imago. 
[This Braconid parasite (No. 5) has been described by 
Col. Bingham as Mierogaster basalis, viz. the same species 
as No. 3, also parasitic upon the caterpillar of a hawk-moth 
(Appendix, p. 125). The single specimen of No. 5 together 
with its cocoon bears the date Feb. 19, 1902. The cocoon 
has lost its terminal lid. ] 
No. 6.—From the handsome Lycznid Ogyris genoveva, 
Hew. [a synonym of 0. zosine, Hew.] The larvee of this 
butterfly are befriended by several species of ants, chiefly by 
a large Camponotus, in whose nests they pass the day. 
When young however they hide under loose bark or in 
crevices, and can easily be stung by small parasites. The 
numerous larve crawl out from under the host and form 
their heap of cocoons, the victim dying very slowly. The 
flies emerge in about seven days, the caterpillars having 
a little life left in them up to five days later. 
[This Braconid parasite (No, 6) has been described by 
Col. Bingham as Protapanteles rufiventris (Appendix, p. 
127). Five Braconids, 1 shrivelled Lycenid larva, and 7 
cocoons bear the date March 21, 1902; 5 Braconids and 
a heap of many cocoons bear Dec. 22, 1902 ; five Braconids 
and another large heap bear Dec. 23, 1902. The white 
oval cocoons have been opened by pushing off a terminal 
lid which in many cases remains attached as it were by a 
